Ricky Kimball
Issaquah,WA
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Improvisation Coach and Director
Freelance
Seattle, WA
03.2024 - Current
- Developed specific techniques and games geared towards observable outcomes.
- Analyzed individual performance metrics to create targeted improvement strategies.
- Facilitated workshops with community groups and church groups.
- Mentored specific students needing guidance about leading improvisation groups.
Strategies for Success Instructor/Career Coach
Washington Employment Security Dept
Auburn, WA
10.2021 - 04.2023
- Communications
- Financial Capabilities
- Resume Building
- Effective Interviewing
- Public Speaking
- Diversity within Civic Engagement
- Interviewing Job Club
- LinkedIn Learning
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID
08.2018 - 06.2021
- Communications 101
- Communications 101 Online
- Communications 101 Hybrid Class
- Improvisation
- Student Academic Counseling
Theatre department head and director
Park City High School, Treasure Mountain Junior High
Park City, UT
08.2016 - 06.2018
- Theatre One
- Theatre Two
- Theatre Three
- Theatre Four/Productions Conservatory
- Begin Technical Theatre
- Adv Technical Theatre
- Musical Theatre Directing
Adjunct Theatre Instructor
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT
08.2014 - 06.2015
- Acting One
- Improvisation
- Script Analysis
- Drama Club
- Productions
- Student Advising
- Curriculum Building
- Student Recruitment
- Online Marketing
Theatre Department Head
Jordan High School
Sandy, UT
08.2013 - 07.2014
- Beginning Theatre
- Intermediate Theatre
- Advanced Theatre
- Musical Theatre
- Technical Theatre
- Productions
Fine Arts Department Head
Legacy Preparatory Academy
Woods Cross, UT
08.2010 - 06.2013
- Beginning Theatre
- Intermediate Theatre Advanced
- Theatre Intermediate Musical
- Theatre Advanced Musical
- Theatre Improvisation
- Technical Theatre
- Film Studies
- Film Production
Education
Master of Fine Arts - Musical Theatre Directing
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID05-2021
Master of Arts - Teaching, Secondary Theatre
Westminster College
Salt Lake City, UT12-2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Teaching Theatre
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT12-2008
Accomplishments
Directing Experience
Newsies the Musical, Troy Arts Council
Gross Indecency, University of Idaho
Little Women, University of Idaho
The Pillowman, Moscow Arts Too
A Kind of Alaska, University of Idaho
The Crucible, Park City High School
Mother Courage, Park City High School
The Addams Family, Park City High School
Titus Andronicus, Park City High School
Little Women, Park City High School
Chemo Girl, Legacy Prep Academy
Annie Get Your Gun, Murray Arts Council
Midsummer Night's Dream, Salt Lake Community College
Cash on Delivery, Jordan High School
Fiddler on the Roof, Jordan High School
Falling, Utah Theatre Association
The End of a Legacy, Legacy Prep Academy
Beauty and the Beast Jr, Legacy Prep Academy
Noises Off, Legacy Prep Academy
Sweeney Todd, Legacy Prep Academy
Cagebirds, Legacy Prep Academy
Journey of Man (Butoh), Utah Theatre Association
Into the Woods Jr, Legacy Prep Academy
Arsenic and Old Lace, Legacy Prep Academy
Online Experience, Legacy Prep Academy
Wonderful Town, Legacy Prep Academy
All My Sons, Legacy Prep Academy
The Haunted, Legacy Prep Academy
Annie Jr, Legacy Prep Academy
The Curious Savage, Legacy Prep Academy
Fiddler on the Roof, Legacy Prep Academy
Till Death do us Part, Legacy Prep Academy
To See the Stars, Indian Hills Elementary School
The Crucible, Kearns High School
Joseph and Technicolor Dreamcoat, Kearns High School
Brush up your Shakespeare, Salt Lake Community College
Workshop Instructor
Devised Theatre concepts Lewis Clark State College
Improvisation Methods in Theatre University of Idaho
Rasa aesthetics in Scene Work University of Oregon
Suzuki Methods, Improvisation Legacy Prep Academy
Fitz Maurice Breathing Methods Broadway Bootcamp
Rasa aesthetics in Scene Work Salt Lake Community College
Butoh Movement for Actors Weber State University
Butoh Movement for Actors Westminster College
Stand Up Comedy Structures Los Angeles Comedy Connections
Process Drama, Improvisation Dixie College
Staged Reading
How to Fight Loneliness, University of Idaho
Appropriate, University of Idaho
Cadenza, University of Idaho
Stage Manager
Present Laughter University of Idaho
Sweeney Todd Legacy Prep Academy
Wonderful Town Legacy Prep Academy
To See the Stars University of Utah
Musical Direction/Vocal Coach
Midsummer Night’s Dream Salt Lake Community College
Beauty and the Beast Jr Legacy Prep Academy
Into the Woods Jr Legacy Prep Academy
Fiddler on the Roof Legacy Prep Academy
Little Shop of Horrors Kearns High School
Meritorious Achievement in Directing (2021)
- KCACTF Region 7, Gross Indecency
Meritorious Achievement in Directing (2019)
- KCACTF Region 7, A Kind of Alaska
University of Idaho Improv Company, AWKWARD SILENCE
- 2nd Place at Improv Olympics at KCACTF Region 7, 2019
Recipient of the 2013 Musical Theater Legacy Award
- A special award only given twice by the Utah Festival Opera for special achievement in Musical Theater Directing on the high school /middle school level
Short / Long Form Improvisation Team Creation
- Awkward Silence University of Idaho
- Awkward Silence Park City High School
- Majoring in Improv Salt Lake Community College
- Awkward Silence Jordan High School
- Improv Mission Troupe Legacy Prep Academy
- Monkey Business Jordan Commons
Timeline
Improvisation Coach and Director
Freelance
03.2024 - Current
Strategies for Success Instructor/Career Coach
Washington Employment Security Dept
10.2021 - 04.2023
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Idaho
08.2018 - 06.2021
Theatre department head and director
Park City High School, Treasure Mountain Junior High
08.2016 - 06.2018
Adjunct Theatre Instructor
Salt Lake Community College
08.2014 - 06.2015
Theatre Department Head
Jordan High School
08.2013 - 07.2014
Fine Arts Department Head
Legacy Preparatory Academy
08.2010 - 06.2013
Master of Fine Arts - Musical Theatre Directing
University of Idaho
Master of Arts - Teaching, Secondary Theatre
Westminster College
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Teaching Theatre
University of Utah